Aatukal Paya

Feet of goat cooked into aatukal paya is an authentic dish where legs cooked into thick soup with indian spices. Paya is a type of spiced trotters which is usually match with either rice or appam. My chittappa's family where in dubai came to my home in their vacations days, at that time chitti made this paya, and my family members where really impressed with the dish so i had to prepare this for my viewers and i never thought the dish was even very good to me.

After having the dish my betterhalf enjoy the dish and wish that it is very delight to my tongue and i never forget it. Iam so happy to dedicate this dish to my lovely chitti.Try it at your home and get wishes from your family

Preparation time : 20 mins

Cooking time : 25 mins

Serve - 5 

INGREDIENTS :

Onions - 2 (chopped)

Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 3 tsp

Coriander powder - 2 spn

Cumin powder -  1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Coriander leaves - few

Mint leavse - few

Coconut milk - 1 cup (thick)

FOR CLEANING :

Goat leg / aatukal - 3 to 4

Salt - 2 tsp

Warm water - 2 cup

TO TEMPER : 

Coconut oil - 4 tspn

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon - 2 sticks

Gram cardomom - 5

Feenel / sombu - 1 tsp

Pepper - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds /shah zeera - 1 tsp

METHOD :

• Clean the leg by scrub it with salt, turmeric and wash it in a warm water and then cutted into small pieces.
• In a pressure cooker add temper items one by one as mentioned in the ingredients "TO TEMPER".
• When they crackle add chopped onions and toss it for 5 mins.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and toss it well and then add all whole spices then again toss it well.
• When it mix well add chopped tomatoes on it and mix it properly with the salt.
• And then add goat leg / aatukal in to the gravy and mix it untill the masala where well absord in legs.
• Then add coriander leaves and mint leaves and toss it well. for 5 mins
• Atlast add thick coconut milk and whistled it for 8 to 10.
• When cooker suppress open it out... mummm......
• The delicious aatukal paya is ready to serve with white rice or appam.

PICTORIALS :

Thinks for cleaning

In a bowl add in turmeric

Salt

 Now pour the warm water

Legs where heat in the direct flame 

 Add goat legs / aatukal

See how its cleaned

Then cutted into pieces

Take your ingredients

Take temper items

Cut all veggies

All whole spices

Add in coconut oil

Add all spices

Allow to crackle for a min

Add in chopped onions

Toss them well in the oil

Now add ginger garlic paste

Add in all whole spices powder

Then toss them for a min

Add in choped tomatoes

Salt

Toss well the gravy became mushy

Add in cutted legs

And mix in the gravy

See

Now add coriander leaves and mint leaves

Again mix it 

Once mix add in coconut milk

Now it's ready to whistle 

Whistled it for 8 to 10

Open the cooker mum..........

Now it's ready 

 Serve

 It looks delicious

 It match with white rice

ENJOYED THIS DELICIOUS DISH